Ontario Child Care Supplement for Working Families (OCCS)

The Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) consolidates several provincial child benefits into one benefit that is provided to low- and moderate-income families with children under 18 years old.

Since the introduction of the OCB in 2007, OCCS payments have been reduced by the amount of a family’s OCB. OCCS ended in July 2014 as the maximum annual OCB increased to $1,310 per child. The final OCCS entitlement will be paid for June 2014, with a final application deadline for this entitlement by December 31, 2015. Please note that no OCCS entitlements will be paid if an application is filed after December 31, 2015. Eligible families will continue to receive child benefit payments through the OCB.

As announced in the 2014 Ontario Budget, the government will begin indexing the OCB maximum benefit, and the income threshold at which the OCB starts to be reduced, to annual increases in the Ontario Consumer Price Index (CPI). This will take effect in July 2015, and will help safeguard the purchasing power of the OCB from erosion due to inflation.

To obtain the most current version of this document, visit ontario.ca/finance and enter 75 in the find page field at the bottom of the webpage or contact the ministry at 1 866 668-8297 (1 800 263-7776 for teletypewriter).